Antonyms for outlay
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : noun out-ley; verb out-ley |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈaʊtˌleɪ; verb ˌaʊtˈleɪ |
Definition of outlay
Origin :- "act or fact of laying out (especially money) or expending," 1798, originally Scottish, from out (adv.) + lay (v.).
- noun expenses
- Mrs. Lynn had rather rebelled against the outlay on Sarah's education.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- This will recoup him for his outlay, because the working capital has not been touched.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- We mistake the outlay of money for an expenditure of sympathy.
- Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various
- The Boches and the Poissons also sneered with an extraordinary display and outlay of grief.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- Persuading myself that I had no real need of this and that, I reduced my weekly outlay.
- Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
- Nearly all this outlay was made before the beginning of the first trip.
- Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
- But things maunna be gotten at the outlay o' mair than they're worth.
- Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
- The meaning is discovered, but at too great an outlay of vitality.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 » by Various
- The Directors would consent to no outlay from the society's funds.
- Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook
- The outlay will be large, but it must be feasible; how can it, if the labour of thousands is not cheap?
- Extract from : « The New Society » by Walther Rathenau
Synonyms for outlay
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